I am so honored to have Melissa from mama♥miss guest posting today on BMTM. I love her site (and she is a pretty wonderful person). After you read this post, please hop on over to mama♥miss and check out her site. While … Continue reading
Category Archives: Reading, Writing and Spelling
The Red Shed Teachers: A Fairy Tale Unit and Giveaway
A Fairy Tale Unit This is for you teachers out there- classroom and homeschoolers! My dear friend, college classmate and teacher extroidonaire, Betsy, and I have teamed up and created a unit about teaching fairy tales. We call ourselves The … Continue reading
Book Mama: Review of Guys Read: Funny Business
Guys Read: Funny Business Note: These books and others like it can be found at BMTM’s Bookstore. Click the image below. Search under “books for older boys.” I am not a professional literary critic nor do I have … Continue reading
Teacher Mama: Halloween Candy: Short Vowel Graph
Halloween Candy: Short Vowel Graph As I have said before, I am one to pick out my Halloween candy pretty early and usually have to buy more before the big day arrives. That may not be good for the waistline, … Continue reading
Teacher Mama: FREE Halloween Word Search
FREE HALLOWEEN WORD SEARCH Interested in a freebie for Halloween? You have come to the right place! Simply click the image below to download the word search. If this is your first time visiting Boy Mama Teacher Mama, welcome! … Continue reading
Boy Mama Teacher Mama | Fall Fingerplays
Fall Fingerplays (Apples and Pumpkins) Young children love finger plays and rhymes. When my eldest was little, I created a dozen or so felt board sets to go with different rhymes. I wanted my youngest to have the same experience, … Continue reading
Teacher Mama: Sight Word Practice Box
TEMPLATES NOW AVAILABLE! CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION! Sight Word Practice Box I am so excited to share this with you all. I created it this weekend after feeling disorganized with the “system” we were using to help my son practice … Continue reading
Teacher Mama: Two Fresh Sight Words Practice Ideas
Two Fresh Sight Words Practice Ideas Sight word practice was becoming a bit tedious here so I decided to spice things up a bit. Here is what I came up with: Sight Word High Five I wrote my son’s weekly … Continue reading
Teacher Mama: Erase a Rhyme
Kids love to erase and they love to play games. So, here is a super simple game where you kids can erase while practicing their rhyming skills. All you need is something to write with, something to write on and … Continue reading
Boy Mama: Simple But Smart: Sight Word Ring
My son has about 10 sight words to work on each week. And, each week, we write them out on colored paper, cut them out and hang them on the wall by his bedside. We read the words each night … Continue reading
Teacher Mama: Bottle Caps ABCs
Bottle Caps ABCs Many thanks to my local Starbucks for collecting all these caps for me. If you are interested in trying these activities or Bottle Cap Math, ask your local coffee shop to save some for you! Bottle Caps … Continue reading
Book Mama: Audrey Wood’s Sweet Dream Pie
“Next, Ma fashioned two great pie crusts. Then the Brindles began to toss every sweet thing they could find into an enormous mixing bowl…Pa shoved the pie into the oven and slammed the door. Quickly he turned the oven dial … Continue reading